In the late 1930s, as Europe moved toward war, the peaceful kingdom of Norway found itself strategically vital to the interests of Germany, France, and Great Britain. Though Norway was strictly neutral, in April 1940 Britain and France mined Norwegian territorial waters to prevent supplies from reaching Germany. Immediately, the German Reich invaded the militarily weak Norway. Norway 1940 shows the country fighting valiantly, assisted by the Allies in a two-month campaign that has become a textbook example of confused aims and faulty coordination. Francois Kersaudy delved deeply into the...
In the late 1930s, as Europe moved toward war, the peaceful kingdom of Norway found itself strategically vital to the interests of Germany, France, an...
An on-the-spot history of a fight in the Pacific during World War II, Island Victory was the first battle history written by then-Lieutenant Colonel S. L. A. Marshall, a veteran of World War I who would serve in Korea and Vietnam and become a brigadier general in the process. After the Seventh Infantry Division drove across Kwajalein Atoll in the first days of February 1944, successfully wresting control of the strategic southern tip from the Japanese, Marshall was charged with producing an accurate and comprehensive account of the fight. His solution: bring the front-line soldiers together...
An on-the-spot history of a fight in the Pacific during World War II, Island Victory was the first battle history written by then-Lieutenant Colonel S...
The first book to analyze the critical partnership among the Navy, industry, and science forged by World War II and responsible for producing submarines in the United States until 1961, Forged in War by Gary E. Weir won the Roosevelt Prize for naval history.
The first book to analyze the critical partnership among the Navy, industry, and science forged by World War II and responsible for producing submarin...
